Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 421 476
Rank change year-on-year -129 +55 +53
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 72 84 49
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.30% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.70% 2.43% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 27 25
10th Percentile £213 £450 £204
25th Percentile £505 £481 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £380
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +44.74% -9.52%
75th Percentile £619 £613 £525
90th Percentile £728 £643 £628
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £380
% change year-on-year +4.55% +44.74% -8.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 1
10th Percentile £49.24 - -
25th Percentile £50.72 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +160.00%
75th Percentile £57.47 £39.38 -
90th Percentile £58.01 £43.25 -
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +52.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,246 3,453 4,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.36% 12.43% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,570 2,144 2,592
10th Percentile £263 £235 £240
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -1.20% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 162 291
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.27
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £45.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% -12.62% +2.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.16 £87.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.44 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -47.12% +5.26% -5.00%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 3 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -52 31 £600 +14.29% 7
North of England -52 22 £608 +1.33% 6
North West -33 21 £608 +1.33% 2
Midlands -44 9 £225 -59.09% 2
West Midlands -57 9 £225 -59.09% 2
South West -45 4 £565 -1.74%
South East -90 4 £500 -13.04% 3
Yorkshire - 1 £475 - 4
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.28%) Azure
2 7 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 6 (8.33%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 50 (69.44%) Firewall
2 41 (56.94%) NX-OS
3 38 (52.78%) BGP
4 25 (34.72%) WAN
5 24 (33.33%) VLAN
6 23 (31.94%) DNS
6 23 (31.94%) OSPF
7 22 (30.56%) Wireless
8 21 (29.17%) DHCP
9 16 (22.22%) NAS
9 16 (22.22%) SAN
9 16 (22.22%) Structured Cabling
10 13 (18.06%) VPN
11 12 (16.67%) IOS XR
11 12 (16.67%) SD-WAN
12 11 (15.28%) LAN
12 11 (15.28%) Network Security
13 10 (13.89%) MPLS
14 9 (12.50%) TCP/IP
14 9 (12.50%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Git
2 2 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.39%) Robot Framework
General
1 36 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Finance
4 3 (4.17%) Banking
4 3 (4.17%) Financial Institution
4 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.78%) Police
6 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.39%) Legal
6 1 (1.39%) Publishing
6 1 (1.39%) Retail
6 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (59.72%) Network Engineer
2 19 (26.39%) Architect
3 11 (15.28%) Senior
4 9 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
4 9 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
5 8 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (9.72%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 7 (9.72%) Technical Architect
7 6 (8.33%) Help Desk Support
7 6 (8.33%) Help Desk Support Technician
7 6 (8.33%) Help Desk Technician
7 6 (8.33%) Network Architect
7 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Support Technician
8 4 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (4.17%) Network Security Engineer
9 3 (4.17%) Security Engineer
9 3 (4.17%) Senior Automation Engineer
10 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) Jinja
2 3 (4.17%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.39%) LDAP
3 1 (1.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 32 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 10 (13.89%) Onboarding
3 6 (8.33%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.78%) CMDB
4 2 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.39%) Life Science
5 1 (1.39%) PKI
5 1 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.89%) Windows
2 7 (9.72%) Android
3 6 (8.33%) Linux
4 3 (4.17%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.39%) CentOS
5 1 (1.39%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (29.17%) ITSM
2 16 (22.22%) Network Segmentation
3 11 (15.28%) Mentoring
4 10 (13.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 9 (12.50%) Change Management
5 9 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
5 9 (12.50%) Migration
5 9 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
6 8 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 7 (9.72%) Asset Management
7 7 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (9.72%) Customer Service
7 7 (9.72%) Performance Management
8 6 (8.33%) Agile
8 6 (8.33%) AI
8 6 (8.33%) Analytics
8 6 (8.33%) Customer Experience
8 6 (8.33%) DevOps
8 6 (8.33%) ITIL
8 6 (8.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (34.72%) Python
2 2 (2.78%) ActionScript
2 2 (2.78%) Perl
2 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (45.83%) CCNP
3 25 (34.72%) Security Cleared
4 21 (29.17%) SC Cleared
5 19 (26.39%) CCNA
6 15 (20.83%) Network+ Certification
6 15 (20.83%) Server+ Certification
7 8 (11.11%) DV Cleared
8 7 (9.72%) CCIE
9 4 (5.56%) Degree
10 1 (1.39%) APMG
10 1 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.39%) GIAC
10 1 (1.39%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) SLA
2 3 (4.17%) NIST
3 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (9.72%) Active Directory
3 6 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (5.56%) vSphere
5 2 (2.78%) Docker
5 2 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.39%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 18 (25.00%) Ansible
2 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.33%) SCCM
2 6 (8.33%) Terraform
3 4 (5.56%) FortiGate
4 3 (4.17%) Nagios
5 2 (2.78%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (29.17%) Fortinet
3 17 (23.61%) ServiceNow
4 14 (19.44%) Palo Alto
5 12 (16.67%) Arista
5 12 (16.67%) Juniper
6 10 (13.89%) Microsoft
6 10 (13.89%) VMware
7 8 (11.11%) F5
8 6 (8.33%) Canon
9 5 (6.94%) Meraki
10 3 (4.17%) NetScout
10 3 (4.17%) SevOne
10 3 (4.17%) SolarWinds
11 2 (2.78%) CheckPoint
11 2 (2.78%) FireEye
11 2 (2.78%) Infoblox
11 2 (2.78%) McAfee
11 2 (2.78%) Splunk
11 2 (2.78%) Zscaler